EU op G20-top: mondiaal vertrouwen herstellen en wereldwijd herstel ondersteunen (en)

Brussels, 26 July 2013 EUCO

PRESSE 351 PRPCE 153

The EU at the G20 summit: Improving global confidence and support the global recovery

The G20 summit will take place from 5 to 6 September in Saint Petersburg under Russian Presidency. The European Union will be represented by the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy i and the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso i

On 23 July, in a joint letter to the 28 EU Heads of State and Government, Presidents Van Rompuy and Barroso informed about the key issues coming up for discussions at the G20 summit

They call on fellow G20 leaders to improve global confidence and remain vigilant and proactive to support the global recovery and find the way to strong, balanced, sustainable and inclusive growth. On the main priorities of the summit they stress that: 1) growth and employment need to be at the top of the G20 agenda; 2) financial reform needs to be completed; 3) the work on tax avoidance and evasion need to be pushed forward and 4) the reform of the International Financial Architecture needs to be completed and progress be made with the work on development, anti-corruption and Energy

Background:

This 8th edition of the G20 leaders' meeting will be held in Russia. Last year's G20 Summit took place in Los Cabos (Mexico). The 2014 edition will take place in Brisbane under Australian presidency from 15 to 16 November 2014

The G20 brings together the world's major advanced and emerging economies. Its members are 19 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States) and the European Union. Together, they represent around 90% of global GDP, 80% of global trade and two-thirds of the world's population

The G20 is considered as the world's premier forum for global economic cooperation. The G20 leaders' process has been established in 2008 after a joint EU-US initiative

The event:

Participation of the President of the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy and President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, in the G20 summit in Saint Petersburg (Russia) on 5-6 September 2013

Friday 30 August 2013, 11:00 a.m.: Pre-summit briefing (off the record) by the EU's G20 Sherpa in the Berlaymont press room

14:30 (Saint Petersburg time): Joint pre-summit press conference by Presidents Van Rompuy and Barroso in Saint Petersburg

Available on EbS and the Council TV newsroom www.eucouncil.tv Useful links:

Joint letter of the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission of 23 July

G20 2013 section on President Van Rompuy's website: European Council - Summits with third countries

G20/G8 section on President Barroso's website

http://ec.europa.eu/commission 2010-2014/president/g20/index en.htm President Van Rompuy on Twitter and on Facebook

Full video coverage of the G20 will be available for download in broadcast quality from the Council TV newsroom www.eucouncil.tv, and live events will be broadcast on Europe by Satellite

Photos covering the event will be available for download in high resolution from the Council Photo Library http://www.consilium.europa.eu/photo

Website of the Russian presidency of the G20 2013http://www.g20.org/

Media accreditation has been extended until 1 August http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-604_en.htm http://www.g20.org/docs/about/for media.html

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